Quartararo had to go through Q1 for the fourth time in his MotoGP career on Saturday after getting knocked out of the top 10 at the end of FP3. The Yamaha rider managed to progress into Q2, but could only qualify 11th and over six tenths off the pace of polesitter Jorge Martin on the […]
Month: March 2022
Mercedes and Red Bull “a little bit ahead” of McLaren
Both Norris’ McLaren team and Ferrari stole the early headlines two weeks ago across three days of testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Norris topped the first day of running and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc headed the second, before Lewis Hamilton and George Russell put Mercedes on top on the third and final day of testing. […]
Miller claims Suzuki has gained “30 horsepower” with 2022 MotoGP bike
Suzuki has typically had one of the slower bikes in terms of top speed owing to its engine philosophy of an inline four-cylinder motor compared to the V4 that the likes of Ducati, Honda, Aprilia and KTM run. But with the ban on engine development brought about by COVID for 2021 lifted over the winter, […]
Mercedes reveals new F1 safety and medical cars for 2022 season
The Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series will serve as the official safety car for half of this season’s races, as Mercedes continues to share duties with Aston Martin. The Black Series replaces the Mercedes-AMG GT R that was supplied by Mercedes as the safety car last year, while the previous C 63 S Estate that had […]
Gardner slams Darryn Binder’s Qatar MotoGP “disaster” riding
Reigning Moto2 world champion Gardner battled hard with RNF Racing Yamaha rider Binder, who steps up to MotoGP directly from Moto3 in 2022. Gardner got the better of the South African, beating him to the final point in 15th by just 0.012 seconds. However, the Australian was unhappy with Binder’s riding style, which he […]
Alfa Romeo F1 team owner Sauber Group names new managing director
Lawyer Alunni Bravi has been involved with the team as its general counsel and as a board member since 2017. The Italian is also well known in the F1 paddock as the manager of former McLaren driver Stoffel Vandoorne, who is currently racing for Mercedes in Formula E, while he has also worked with current […]
Suzuki’s Mir admits underwhelming Qatar MotoGP race “difficult to understand”
Suzuki has made big strides with its 2022 MotoGP bike over the winter and showed strong race pace across practice in Qatar, as well as topping the official speed charts with its more powerful engine. Despite qualifying down in eighth, Mir was expected to rise to the front of the field and battle for victory […]
Why Red Bull’s RB18 innovation doesn’t lie solely in its sidepods
And while much of the attention of the public’s first look at the team’s true 2022 car revolved around the very aggressive sidepods, there are actually some other equally significant areas of innovation that stand out. Some of the solutions may not be as obvious to the naked eye as the sidepods in how much […]
Marc Marquez “had doubts” ahead of Qatar MotoGP race
Honda has totally overhauled its RC213V for 2022 after several difficult seasons and has appeared to make the bike more user-friendly, with Pol Espargaro leading for 18 of Sunday’s 22 laps before finishing third. The new Honda is more rear-biased to cure traction issues it suffered before, but this has meant the front-end feels different […]
Sainz hopes F1 drivers don’t have to live with “annoying” porpoising
F1 teams found their first pre-season test at Barcelona in Spain last month over shadowed by their cars suffering from excessive bouncing on the straights. The issue, which is a legacy of the switch to more ground effect aerodynamics for 2022, affected all teams to some extent but a few were able to get a […]